COLIN CAMPBELL (Russian). ...

BLAKE GALBREATH (Russian and Economics). For the first two years after graduation Blake worked at Kirkland and Ellis, a law firm in downtown Chicago. He defended big tobacco - it was a blast for a while but quickly ran out of appeal.
He then enrolled in graduate school at the University of Virginia, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures (http://www.virginia.edu/slavic/)where he has been for 2.5 years. He got his MA in the Spring of 2004. He has an optimistic 2.5 years left for the PhD. "Here's my plug - We have three areas of interest here: Linguistics, Literature and Folklore. I focus on linguistics because it is insanely fascinating! At least that is what I keep telling myself."
Seriously though, if anyone is interested, this is a pretty nice place. Charlottesville, VA is smallish (~60,000) and set very close to the Blue Ridge Mountains. They pay us to go to school and I get to TA all sorts of interesting things. So far, I have taught Russian 101-202 (including our summer programs), Black English, Dracula, Southern English, and now Introduction to Linguistics."
Blake can be contacted at: galbreat@hotmail.com.
Blake's website


ELIZABETH GRIPPANDO (Russian and History). Elizabeth is a first year law student at University of Virginia living in Charlottesville.

LINDSAY HAGY (Russian and History). ...

CHRISTOPHER HALBERT (REES and Political Science). ...

ALICIA KINSEY (Russian). Alicia has been living and working in the DC metro area since graduation. She first worked at the International Research Exchange Board (IREX), a nonprofit that facilitates professional and student exchanges, and works mostly in Eastern Europe and Russia, and more recently in Central Europe and Central Asia. She worked with the ProMedia department, which was attempting to strengthen the independent media in various countries, thereby strengthening democracy. Alicia worked on the Ukraine, Belarus, Armenia and Albania programs. After her stint with IREX, she began working as a legal assistant at Shearman & Sterling, a NY-based corporate law firm. She worked with their international trade practice group, which represents foreign companies accused of violating US antidumping or countervailing duty laws. She was with the group until July, 2002, when she was transferred to the Corporate Finance and Investments Group. She subsequently was hired as an International Trade Compliance Analyst at the Department of Commerce, and recently traveled to Dubai, UAE, as part of her duties there. In the fall of 2002, Alicia has been busy applying to law school.


ELEANOR SKINNER (Russian). Eleanor is now working as a cashier in Albany, NY. She has her own apartment and her own cat! She can be contacted at vacitk@yahoo.com

BEN TROMLY (Russian and History). Ben also utilized a Russian Study Award to study in St. Petersburg. A major in history with a strong Russian interest, Ben has been offered a scholarship at Harvard University in their History department, where he will begin study this fall.

MEGAN WILLIAMS (Independent), an independent major and fellow-traveler of the Russian Department and the REES concentration, was awarded a prestigious Watson Fellowship after graduation for her project, "The Dustbin of History: Monuments in Eastern Europe, 1945-2000." Megan traveled in Germany, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, Romania, Moldova, Bulgaria, Macedonia and the Baltics on her Watson. After her wanderjahr, Megan entered the graduate program in History at Columbia University, on a five-year, full scholarship. She is specializing in Eastern European history.

DANIEL WOLFE (Russian). Dan is currently in St. Petersburg.